New York RealEstateRama
TENANTS & NEIGHBORS AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER LINDA B. ROSENTHAL TO HOLD RALLY AND PRESS...
New York, NY - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Friday, November 22, 2013 at 9:30 AM, the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, allied elected officials, and rent controlled tenants from across ...
U.S. Rep Gregory W. Meeks Statement on Ending Obstruction in the Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Excerpt: I urge the Senate to vote on the president’s nominees to judicial courts, Jeh Johnson to be Secretary of Homeland Security, and Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC) to head Federal Housing Fi...
Governor Cuomo Announces $1 Million Award to Provide Free Legal Services for Long Island...
Albany, NY - November 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $1 million award to the Disaster Recovery Clinic at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to help families and small businesses in Nassau...
Governor Cuomo Announces National Grid to Invest $4.2 Million to Upgrade Infrastructure Along Buffalo’s...
Albany, NY - November 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that National Grid will invest approximately $4.2 million in infrastructure upgrades to the Ohio Street corridor in Buffalo with the potential for another $10...
Madison Avenue Office Cleaners Strike
New York, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than a thousand building service workers came out to support their union brothers and sisters at 286 and 295 Madison Avenue, who struck Wednesday afternoon to protest their employers’ unfair...
DEC Awards $75,000 Grant for Sustainable Shorelines Demonstration Project at the Dockside Property in...
New York, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program in partnership with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) has awarde...
Governor Cuomo Announces $4.8 Million for Projects to Develop Advanced Technologies for More Energy...
New York, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $4.8 million in awards for projects that explore new technologies to make buildings in New York State more energy efficient while helping to expand the buil...
Congresswoman Clarke Supports Affordable Flood Insurance for Homeowners
Brooklyn, N.Y. - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke announced today that she has become a co-sponsor of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which will protect homeowners from substantial increases in the...
New York State housing market continues to show strong gains in October
Albany, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State housing market continued to impress by showing gains in closed sales, pending sales and median sales price in October compared to the same time last year. According to the housing ...
Governor Cuomo Deploying Mobile Command Center to Central New York to Provide Foreclosure Prevention...
Albany, NY - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is deploying the Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Mobile Command Center (MCC) to Central New York to help provide foreclosure prevention assi...
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY AT 3PM: Madison Avenue Office Cleaners to Strike
New York, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than a thousand building service workers will come out support their union brothers and sisters at 286 and 295 Madison Avenue, who will strike Wednesday afternoon to protest their employers’...
Governor Cuomo Announces State to Extend Buyout Program for Staten Island Homeowners Affected by...
Albany, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that homeowners in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood on Staten Island will now be eligible for buyout assistance under the NY Rising Housing Recovery Programs. Un...
ENGEL’S OFFICE COLLECTING TOYS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Eliot Engel’s office at 3655 Johnson Avenue will collect toys for the homeless boys and girls as part of a drive by the Coalition for the Homeless to get toys to children in the C...
Rep. Maloney Holds Discussion With National Leaders in Mortgage, Real Estate Industries, and Housing...
New York, NY - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE), hosted a roundtable today at Baruch...
Rep. Grimm Says Staten Islanders Would be Better Off Living in Long Island for...
STATEN ISLAND, NY - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R,C-Staten Island/Brooklyn) issued the following statement: “Today marks one year since President Obama came to Staten Island and toured the damage in New Dorp ...
Rep. Grimm Calls on City to Reprioritize CDBG Spending to Help More Homeowners Rebuild...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Michael G. Grimm (R,C-SI/Brooklyn) sent a stern letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg calling on the City to reprioritize its CDBG funding plan to better meet the recovery needs of homeow...
Governor Cuomo Announces Next Step in Redevelopment of Former Rainbow Centre Mall Property in...
Albany, NY - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the next step in the transformation of downtown Niagara Falls, as two major businesses have been selected to propose comprehensive plans for the redevelopment...
BISHOP NAMED TO HOUSE-SENATE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
Washington - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Tim Bishop has been appointed to the House-Senate Conference Committee charged with producing consensus legislation to strengthen our nation’s port and inland waterway infrastructure an...
Rep. Maloney Hosts Hosing Finance Policy Roundtable with Queens Real Estate, Mortgage Industries, Housing...
Long Island City, Queens - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hosted a roundtable today at ...
SCHUMER PUSHES FOR DELAY IN FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM HIKES THAT COULD HIT UP TO...
New York, NY - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a press conference call, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced bipartisan legislation, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which will protect up to 11,000 Upstate New York homeo...
New York Fed Report Shows Household Debt Rises in Third Quarter
NEW YORK, NY - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In its latest Household Debt and Credit Report, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that outstanding household debt increased $127 billion from the previous quarter, the largest increase...
Governor Announces Home Energy Assistance Program Opening November 18
Albany, NY - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that households across the state can begin applying for heating assistance this winter through New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) on Monday,...
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $38,000 Grant for Bishop Sheen Housing Foundation in Monroe County –...
New York. NY - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation will receive a $38,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, specificall...
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUCNE $38,000 GRANT FOR BISHOP SHEEN HOUSING FOUNDATION IN MONROE COUNTY –...
New York, NY - November 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation will receive a $38,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, specificall...
Governor Cuomo Deploying Mobile Command Center to Capital Region to Provide Foreclosure Prevention Assistance
Albany, NY - November 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he is deploying the Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Mobile Command Center (MCC) to sites in Troy and Albany to help provide foreclosure prevent...
REBNY CONFIDENCE INDEX: NYC REAL ESTATE BROKERS REPORT DIP IN CONFIDENCE IN THIRD QUARTER...
NEW YORK, - November 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City real estate brokers reported a dip in confidence in the current real estate market in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the last quarter due to concerns about residential inventory a...
Governor Cuomo Announces $4.6 Million in Farmland Protection Implementation Grants to Protect 2,200 Acres
Albany, NY - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the disbursement of $4.6 million in Farmland Protection Implementation Grants to complete projects that will permanently protect 2,200 acres of farmland in fiv...
REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY’S TOP LEADERS, TRAILBLAZERS AND POWER BROKERS WILL BE HONORED AT THE...
NEW YORK, NY - November 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) has announced the six leaders, trailblazers and power brokers it will honor at the industry’s most celebrated event of the year, the 118th Annual Banquet ...
Mangano Advances Plans To Redevelop The Long Beach Motor Inn Property In Island Park
New York, NY - November 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that he has advanced plans to move forward in the redevelopment of the Island Park community that involves negotiating with the owners of Th...
U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Statement on the Failure of the U.S. Senate to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, (NY-05) Senior Member of the House Financial Services Committee released the following statement: